"That really was a great parade. Thanks so much for inviting us Mokuba." Serenity said.
"Hey don't mention it. How about a tour?" he asked. "I can get you on all the rides for free."
"That would be great!" she smiled at all the others. "What do you think guys?" They all agreed because hey, who can argue with Serenity?
"And this is our pride and joy, the Blue Eyes Ultimate Tornado." Mokuba pointed up at the gargantuan ride they were standing under. It had a huge Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon in the center with a track running right around it, going right down to the ground. "You go up the center in a lift, then get in a car and go spiraling down at high speed right to the bottom."
"Aw man," Joey whined, "there's a huge line."
Mokuba laughed. "Like that matters. What's the point of owning the park if you have to wait in line like everybody else?" He took them to a small door marked 'employees only'. He ran his keycard through the slot and the door opened. They went through another corridor that opened up into the main entrance to the ride.
There were two lifts in the hallway. One had only just reached the top, so it was just as well the other one was sitting there waiting for them. All of them went through the doors thinking that it was going to be a squeeze to fit them all in – excluding Mokuba of course – and were surprised yet again. The lift was a size of the average bedroom.
"This thing is massive." Tristen breathed.
"It has to be." Said Mokuba. "Otherwise there would have to be lots more lifts just to fill one line of cars."
Asheritu was staring out the window distractedly. She knew exactly what was coming.
Yami walked over to her. "Something's about to happen, isn't it?" She just nodded solemnly. "What is it?" he asked.
"Just be ready." Was all she said in return. Her eyes met his for a moment and Yami was shocked by what he saw. For once her deep purple eyes couldn't help but betray all the pain she was feeling. This was tearing her up inside. What had happened to her? Was it going to happen again?
"Come on guys!" Mokuba called as he ran from the lift.
Asheritu shrank back into the shadows, knowing she would be able to do more if that bastard didn't know she was there.
Yami, sensing shadow magic, called out a warning, but it was too late. Mokuba was hurled against the wall where he stayed – pinned.
A young man stepped out. His hair was jet black and cropped and he was wearing robes similar to those the Pharaoh used to wear. The most surprising thing about him was that he had the Millennium Eye. "Well hello again pretender." He said to Yami.
"Who are you? Release my friend!" he demanded.
"Oh, I don't think so, fake Pharaoh. He can stay right where he is. But I will tell you who I am. I am the True Sovereign and the rightful owner of the throne your family stole from my father in Ancient Egypt." The Millennium Eye caught the light strangely as he used his magic to throw the rest of his friends against the wall next to Mokuba. "I am also the rightful owner of this." He gestured to his golden eye.
"How did you get that from Pegasus?"
He laughed. "That fool? He was unfit to even be sent to the Shadow Realm by my eye. My, you are full of questions today pretender. Well I have a question for you." Tea and Serenity were lifted up high over them, also over the edge of the platform. "Which of these two friends do you value most?" He jumped into the car. "I suggest you decide quickly."
As the car started off, both girls dropped. Asheritu called, "you get Tea!" as she ran towards Serenity. Both of them only got to the girls long enough to grab onto their wrists, just managing to catch them before they fell to what would certainly have been their deaths.
"So long pretender! Your days are numbered!" Sovereign called as the car sped away.
Luckily, when the girls were dropped so too were all the others, so there was plenty of help available to pull Serenity and Tea up. Mokuba took a moment to call down to the security with the maintenance phone. Only moments after everyone had been pronounced safe and injury-free, Mokuba got al call back.
"There wasn't anyone on that ride sir."
Mokuba was shocked. "What? That's impossible!"
"We made a thorough check sir. It was completely empty."
"Is this what happened before?" Yami asked Asheritu quietly.
She nodded. "He turned up just like that last time. He's got this gang; 'the Society of the True Sovereign' they called themselves. They were the ones who caused the trouble in Ancient Egypt, and they've started up again."
A/N: So what do you think of the Sovereign? R & R!
